Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Japan

Japan: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 826,200 An in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
826,200 An
Change on year
down 1.2%
World rank
90th
of 199 countries
All-time high
1.47 million An
in 1984
All-time low
563,800 An
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Japan, 1961–2024

0500.0k1.0M1.5M196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.

Analysis

Japan recorded 826,200 An for milk, total — milk animals in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 7.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Japan peaked at 1.47 million An in 1984 and was at its lowest, 563,800 An, in 1961.

That places Japan 90th out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 827,622 An 563,800 An 1.10 million An 9
1970s 1.28 million An 1.20 million An 1.45 million An 10
1980s 1.44 million An 1.39 million An 1.47 million An 10
1990s 1.36 million An 1.28 million An 1.42 million An 10
2000s 1.16 million An 1.05 million An 1.25 million An 10
2010s 906,720 An 839,200 An 1.03 million An 10
2020s 842,540 An 826,200 An 861,700 An 5

Countries ranked near Japan

  1. 87 Canada 962,800 An compare
  2. 88 Ecuador 894,997 An compare
  3. 89 Haiti 852,772 An compare
  4. 91 Palestine 816,151 An compare
  5. 92 Chile 782,710 An compare
  6. 93 Uruguay 781,870 An compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is milk, total — milk animals in Japan?
Milk, total — milk animals in Japan was 826,200 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Japan?
The highest recorded value was 1.47 million An in 1984.
What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Japan?
The lowest recorded value was 563,800 An in 1961.
How does Japan rank for milk, total — milk animals?
Japan ranks 90th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Japan?
Over the last ten years it is down 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Japan data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Milk, Total — Milk Animals. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Milk, Total — Milk Animals
Unit
An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
232 places, 13,445 data points, 1961–2024
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.